Victory is a question of stamina--Send - the wheat, meat, fats, sugar--The fuel for fighters United States Food Administration / Harvey Dunn 1917. – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Victory is a question of stamina--Send - the wheat, meat, fats, sugar--The fuel for fighters United States Food Administration / Harvey Dunn 1917., a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Victory is a question of stamina--Send - the wheat, meat, fats, sugar--The fuel for fighters United States Food Administration / Harvey Dunn 1917.
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A running soldier with a bayonet fixed on his rifle makes the case that food is ammunition: the poster's slogan treats wheat, meat, fats, and sugar as the fuel that keeps fighting men going. Harvey Dunn, a young illustrator who later became known for his paintings of the American plains, drew it in 1917, the year Congress created the United States Food Administration under Herbert Hoover. The agency asked civilians to conserve staples and ship surplus food to the army and to Allied nations in Europe, and posters like this one carried that request into homes, shops, and schools.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 73 x 54 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Subjects | United States Food Administration--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Food supply--1910-1920. Running--1910-1920. Bayonets--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,748 × 4,687 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223341 |
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